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the scutellne not being broken nj) as in Xiimrniiis, where these portions are 

 reticulated. If such a character alone is made nse of lor generic separation, why 

 is it not done with Ileteractitis bretipes and incanus ? 

 1 ?, Port Headland, 4. x. 100] (No. R. 300). 



4 (?<?, (i ? ?, (South) Alligator River, October ami Novcuilirr lit02, Sej)tember 

 and October l'.Mi3 (Nos. 893 to 896, 1778, 1779, KM, 17s3, 1784, 1785). 



43. Heteractitis brevipes (Viuill.). 



Tdliniiis Ireripes Vieillot, Nimr. Did, vi. p. 410 (1816). 



1 cJ, Port Heaillaiid, .".. viii. 19ul (No. R. 227). 



44. Heteropygia acuminatus (Horsf.). 



Triiigii onimimifiix Horsf., Trans, Linn. Sac. Lnml., xiii. p. 192 (1821 : Java). 



2 (Jc?, (South) Alligator River, 21. x. Ui02. 25. ix. 1903 (Noa. .-syi, 177(3). 



45. Hydralector gallinacea I'Teiuni.). 



P<iri-<i !/iillimieea Temminck, PI. C"l. v. pi. 404(1828). 



Tiie ? seems reall}- to be larger than the S ; the 3onug have no black chest, 

 cj ?, near Mary River, Northern Territory, 12, 22. ix. 1902 (Nos. 820, 828). 



5 cJ J, (i ? ?, South Alligator River, October 1!)U2 (Nos. 818, 819, 821 to 827, 

 829, 829a). 



" Iris brown, legs greenish yellow." 



4ij. Stiltia Isabella (Vieill.). 



Glarenia inahelhi Vieillot, AnaJyfie p. 69 (1816 : " habite I'AiistralaRie ''). 



3 c?cf, 5 ??, South Alligator River, October and November 19o2 (Nos. 898 

 to 9o5). " Iris brown, legs lirown." 



47. Burhinus grallarius (Lath.). 



Charadrius grallarius Latham, hnJ. Orn. Snpjil. p. l.wi. (1801 : Australia). 



{Charadrina magniroatvis Latham, hnl. Orn. Siijipl. p. Ixvi. precedes the name grnlhtriiDi, Imt it is 

 doubtful if the fcrmei- can be accepted.) 



1 ?, Shaw River, N.W. Australia, 28. viii. lOol (No. R. 224). 



1 ?, Union, Northern Territory, 27. ix. 1902 (No. »30). 



2 SS,2 ? ?, South Alligator River, March, May, June l'.»o3 (Nos. 1181 to 

 1184). 



" Iris yellow. Legs pale yellowish olive." 



4s. Esacus magnirostris (Vieill.). 



OediinfnuiK magnimxlris Vieillot, Nanr. Dirl. d' Hist. Nut. .xxiii. p. 231 (" ].■> Nouvelh; Hollande ' ). 

 1 J, 1 ?, Lewis Island, N.W. Austmlia, .Iinic I'.iUl (Nos. U. IMi, I'.Hi), 



40. Eupodotis australis (•!. K. (Jray). 



y, in Griffith's eii. Ciivier's Aniinnl Kingdun. 



1 ?, Box Soak, N.W. Australia, 20. ix. lool (.\i>. 22><). 



Olis nn/'tridi.i .1. E. Oray, in Griffith's eii. Ciivier's AnimnI Kingdum, Hirds, iii. p. .30.') (1829 : 

 Austialia). 



